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Thunder Bay at the highest per-capita rate in Ontario, at 69.14 deaths per 100,000 people — with Sault Ste. Marie just behind, recording 38 deaths last year and Timmins with 18. #TalkOverdose #ParlonsSurdose #opioids #Canada
Todd Lyons 🪶Interventions could be having a real impact. Treatment options, including lifesaving opioid reversal drugs like naxolone, which people regularly carry with them, or programs to reduce the stigma of drug use or educate young people on the dangers, might be making a dent. But the illicit drug supply is always evolving. The unpredictability of ingredients is what makes accessing this uncontrolled supply so dangerous.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/fentanyl-overdoses-canada-us-drug-enforcement-1.7504182
Overdose deaths are falling. Will fentanyl crackdowns change that? | CBC News
It's taken years for observers to see these kinds of widespread fatality declines, but people in harm reduction are worried the drug supply could become more toxic if authorities restrict the supply of fentanyl too quickly.
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Teenagers as young as 14 years old are dying from drug overdoses in recent "gut-wrenching" incidents, says Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical examiner.
Dr. Nash Denic joined the RCMP in a press conference Wednesday. Cocaine is now the leading drug responsible for overdose deaths in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to the RCMP.
Nine Ontario supervised consumption sites will close today, despite a recent court injunction allowing them to remain open temporarily.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/consumption-sites-ontario-1.7498128?cmp=rss
Canada's opioid crisis is worsening as more children fall victim to the toxic wave of drugs.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/c2998473-ctv-national-news--opioid-crisis--impact-on-kids/
Homalco First Nation dealing with 4th funeral in 6 months due to drug crisis
#opioids #Indigenous #reconciliation #TalkOverdose #ParlonsSurdose #Canada
Calls for government support intensify as 3rd Vancouver Island Indigenous group declares state of emergency | CBC News
The Homalco Nation is the third Indigenous group on Vancouver Island to declare a state of emergency due to the toxic drug crisis and has joined calls for federal and provincial government leaders to take urgent action and provide resources to address these issues.
Nova Scotia Health has issued a public alert about a potent new drug never before seen in the province's illegal drug supply.
The B.C. government is making changes to its safer supply program that will require patients to take their doses of medications such as hydromorphone in the presence of a health care worker. New patients will immediately be required to have their doses witnessed, but there will be a transition period for those already in the program.
https://vancouversun.com/news/ndp-require-health-workers-witness-patients-safer-supply
